The judge in the case of a Baltimore police officer on trial over a death in custody has declared a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict.
Policeman William Porter is the first of six officers charged in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray.
The jury deliberated for three days, but could not come to an agreement on all four charges.
Police have been positioned around the city to prevent riots like those that erupted following Gray's death.
Judge Barry Williams said the jury - composed of seven black and five white people - had "clearly been diligent" in their deliberations.
The mistrial is a major setback for the prosecution, who may now have to build another case against the policeman. Prosecutors had also hoped to use Mr Porter as a witness in the trials against the other five officers, had he been found guilty

This outcome was totally to be expected. Why did they not instead bring to trial the two bicycle policemen who originally apprehended Mr Gray, threw him to the pavement and bent his legs behind him upwards until his heels touched his spine? THOSE are the two killers of Freddie Gray. He never walked independently after that. IMO, they are the only ones who should have been charged--they set the stage for the later negligence....which was after the fact--because Freddie had likely already been subjected to a mortal injury.

The Freddie Gray episode, from beginning to end, was a typical American FUBAR designed to circumvent the course of justice. It was, instead, a mockery of justice. The criminals in charge of the US don't want the justice system to work... or Americans to respect it...because then they might start coming for them.

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View from the Crow's Nest

What happened to Kennedy is nearly what happened to me. America is in danger of upheavals. But you'll see. All of them together will observe the law of silence. They will close ranks. They'll do everything to stifle the scandal. They will throw Noah's cloak over these shameful deeds. In order to not lose face in front of the whole world. In order to not risk unleashing riots in the United States. In order to preserve the union and to avoid a new civil war. In order to not ask themselves questions. They don't want to know. They don't want to find out. They won't allow themselves to find out."

~ French president after returning to Paris from JFK's funeral on November 24th, 1963

- Charles de Gaulle

“If NWO agents cannot use reason to make a point, then they are right: I am their enemy.” Vladimir Putin

"For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed." JFK

Our rights will not fall due to limitations nor will they be abolished by unjust rule. Ali Badwan re Palestine

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'.....the truth is that Western corporate so-called news media are simply this: one giant troll army marching in lockstep with the political agenda of Washington and its coterie of Western allies.' Finian Cunningham...

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.” – George Orwell

"Those who stand up for justice will always be on the right side of history." Copied from a protest sign seen at a demonstration in Palestine.

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"Authentic journalism is journalism that tells the people something the government doesn't want them to know." --Gary Webb (1955 – 2004)

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Anyone who relies on the Western media lives inside The Matrix. - Paul Craig Roberts

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Greencrow is an Internet identity and avatar I chose in 2003... when I first started going on news forums. I first used it on The New York Times forums (was kicked off that forum for insisting 9/11 was an inside job--since reinstated) but have used it on many other forums such as YouTube, CBC, Rabble.ca (kicked off that one) Rigorous Intuition (kicked off that one too) and a few more I can't think of at the moment.

In any case, Blogs are supposed to be fun and I hope this one is for me and my readers. gc

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